Stock-rack.



F. E. MOKINNIS.

STOCK RACK.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.11, 1912. 1,1 30,31 5.

'HE NORRIS PETERS C0.. PHOT0 LITHO.. WASHINGTON, DA t:A

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

F. E. MGKINNIS.

STOCK RACK.

APPLICATION FIIIED OCT. 11, 1912. 1,1 30,31 5. Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

a SHEETS-SHEET 2.

THE NORRIS PETERS Co., PHOTG-LITH1Y WASHINGTON, D. t:A

P. E. MGKINNIS.

STOCK RACK.

v APPLICATION FILED 00T.l1,1912. P t t d M 1,130,315. a en e ar.2,1915.

3 SHEETS^SHEBT 3.

HE NORRIS PETERS CD., PHOTO-LITHG., WASHINGTON. D. C

en sas STOCK-RACK.

Application led October 11, 1912.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREDRICK E. MC- KINNIS, citizen of the United States, residing at Arlington, in the county of Kingsbury and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Raclrs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in stock racks and similar devices, and has for one of its objects to improve'the construction, reduce the weight and increase the convenience of operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be readily applied without material structural change to wagon bodies of different forms.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed device having the sides detachable to enable the load to be more readily deposited in the body.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4 is a front elevation. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of the rear closure. Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of the front closure. Fig. 7 is a detached perspective view of one of the sides,

illustrating amodiflcation in the construction.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved device may be applied without material structural change to wagon l bodies of various forms and sizes, and for the purpose of illustration a conventional wagon body is shown comprising a bottom 10, lower side members 11-12, head end gate 13 supported by cleats 14, and tail end gate 15 supported by cleats 16. The usual vertical extension members are applied to the body and comprise the side members 17-18 and a head member 19 held by cleats 20 and a tail member 21 held by cleats 22. The usual tie rods 23-24 are employed at the ends of the body, and similar tie rods 23 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. a, 1er-5. serial No. 725,337'.

and 24 are employed at the ends of the body extension.

The improved device includes vertical sup-l i porting members detachably connected to the body at eachcorner and detachable side and end members extending between the supporting members. The supporting members are preferably constructed from sections of L bars and bear around the corners of the body and extend above the same a distance correspondingto the height of the rack sides and ends. The ksides and ends of the bodyl together with their extensions usually measure about 26 inches, while the rack extensions are generally yabout 20 inches wide, but these dimensionsmay be varied, lif preferred.

, The L-shaped supporting members are represented respectively at 25-26-27--28 and extend nearly to the bottom of the body, as shown. The members 25-26 are connected to the body at the head end, while the members 27-28 are connected to the body at the tail end. The head end members 25-26 include side webs and forward webs while the rear `or tail end members 27-28 include side webs and rearward webs. The member 25 is provided in the lower end of its rear web with a recess 29, reduced at its upper end and with a relatively large aper ture 30 with a reduced extension extending from its upper part as shown at 31. Fitting in the head end of the body member 11 is a headed stud 32, while a similar headed stud 33 projects from the member 17, the heads passing through the recesses 29-30 when the member 25 is slightly elevated and the stocks of the studs entering the reduced upper portion of the recess 29 and the reduced portion 31 of the recess 30 when the corner member 25 is lowered. By this means` the member 25 is firmly locked in position upon the body at one corner.

The member 26 is provided with a recess 34 in the lower end of its rear web, the recess being reduced at the upper end and corresponds to the recess 29 `of the member 25. The member 26 is likewise provided with a relatively large aperture 35 having a reduced upper portion 36 corresponding to the recess 30-31 of the member 25. A headed stud 37 projects from the head end of the body member 12, l, while a similar headed stud 38 projects from the head end of the member 18, the heads of the studs passing` eol respectively through the recess Sii and the aperture 35, and when the member 26 is slightly depressed the stocks of the studs will enter the reduced upper portion of the recess 34 and the reduced portion 36 of the aperture 85 and firmly lock the member 26 in position upon the body. T he rear web of the member 26 is likewise provided with bayonet slots 39-39, the object to be hereafter explained.

The member 27 is provided in the` bottom of its rear web with a recess Li0 reduced at the upper end and conforms in shape with the recesses 29-34, while a relatively large aperture l1 with a reduced extension lf2 is formed in the rear web of the member 27 and corresponds to the similar apertures 3G-35 of the webs 25-26. Headed studs 3 14 project from the rear ends of the side member l1 of the body and engage in the recess 40 and aperture 1 /l2 in the same manner as the similar studs 32-33 engage in the recess 29 and aperture 30-31.

rEhe member 28 is provided with a recess 4:5 in the lower end of its rear web, the upper end of the recess being reduced in the same manner as the recesses 29d34-40- A relatively large aperture le is likewise formed in the rear web of the member 28 with a reduced extension at its upper side as shown at .t7 corresponding to the similar apertures 30-3541 of the other corner members. Headed studs ,L8-i9 engage respectively in the slot Ll5 and through the aperture 526-47.

Bearing against the inner face of the rear web of the corner member 25 is a plate 50, while a similar plate 5l bears against the inner face of the rear web of the corner member 26. lThe plate 5l is provided with hooked extensions 52-53 adapted to engage around the inner edge of the side web of the member 26, as shown, to provide additional holding means for the latter. rllhe plate 5l is provided with bayonet slots 54.--55 which coact with the bayonet slots 39 and 39 of the member 26. rlhe plate 50 is provided with a plurality of apertures in its inner edge While the plate 5l is provided with a similar series of apertures, these apertures designed to receive the terminals of the strand wires of a section of wire netting represented as a whole at 56. The member' 50 is retained in position relative to the member 25 by clamp bolts 50, while clamp bolts G6 operate through the registering slots 39-39 and 54h-55, the latter bolts having wing nuts 67. By this means a head end gate or closure is produced and is secured in position as hereafter explained.

Bearing against the inner face of the rear web of the member 27 is a plate 57 while a similar plate 58 bears against the inner face of the rear web of the member 28. The plate 58 is provided with bayonet slots 59-6O cor responding to and adapted to coact with bayonet slots indicated at 61-62 of the member 28, similar to the bayonet slots 59 60, except that they are reversed in position, or with the entrances at their lower ends, while the bayonet slots (3l-62 are formed with their entrances their upper ends. The plates 57-58 are provided with apertures to receive the strand wires of a section of wire netting represented conventionally at 63. rlhe members 57-58-63 form the tail end gate or closure which is secured in position as hereafter explained.

The side members of the improved rack are precisely alike and the description of one will sutiice for both. Each side of the rack comprises end members (i3-G4 connected by a section of screen material 65. rEhe members (i3-64 engage in the corners of the members 25-26w27-28, as shown. The member 57 is retained in position relative to the member 27 by clamp bolts 80, while clamp bolts 8l operate through the bayonet slots 59-60 and (3l-62, the latter bolts having wing nuts 8.2. The various bolts 5066-80-81 extend through the corners 63-64 and thus perform the twofold function of means for clamping the side members to the corner members and clamping the end members to the corner members.

Bearing against the side members 12u18 is an intermediate support or stake 68, and detachably secured in position by staples or similar 'devices 69, while a similar support or stake is supported against the side members ill-17 by staples 7l. The stakes (S8-70 extend upwardly to a-point even with the upper ends of the corner supports and are designed to reinforce the screen material 65 of the sides of the rack. A. holding chain or similar device 72 is connected between the stakes (S8-70 near their upper parts. device thus constructed it will be obvious may be readily attached to the wagon body by placing the corner supports in position to receive the headed studs in the larger portions of the recesses and apertures and then permitting them to drop until the stocks of the headed studs engage in the reduced portions of the recesses and apertures. rlhe tie rods 23-24 are then applied through the corner supports and likewise through the side members of the body. The plates 50-51 and 5758 are then applied and the end members (i3-G4 of the sides inserted in position and the bolts 506G8081 applied to hold the parts rmly together. The stakes 68-70 and the holding chain 72 are then placed in position. lf the device is to be employed as a stock rack for larger animals the tail board 15-21 is removed and the bolts 8l which hold the plate 58 loosened to permit the latter to be elevated until the entrance to its bayonet slots 59-60 are opposite the bolts 81 when the plate 58 can be moved inwardly, the wire fabric 63 yielding sufficiently to permit this movement. The plate 58 together with the connecting wire fabric 63 can then be turned laterally to permit the entrance of the stock and then the terminal closures rearranged in position and the bolts 8l tightened by power applied to the wing nuts 82, and the tail members 15-21 restored. If small stock, such as lambs or pigs are to be loaded into the body it may not be necessary to remove the end closure 57-58-63, as such stock can generally be driven through the space uncovered by the removal of the end members 15-21.

If the improved device is to be employed for carrying products, such as corn, potatoes and the like, one of the racksides comprising the members 63-64. 65 together with the adjacent stake 68 or 70 as the case may be, and the binding chain 72, will be detached by removing the clamp bolts 66, or 81, so that the products may be readily shoveled into the body until the latter is full. The rack side is then replaced and the loading completed.

The head closure of the rack including the plate 5l having the hooks 52-53 which engages around the adjacent web of the ad]a cent corner member, is an important feature of applicants device'as the hooks materially stiifen the connection between the parts and relieve the adjacent holding bolts 66 largely from strain. If required, headed tap bolts 73 operating through the outer webs of the supporting corner members may be employed in addition to the headed studs.

IVhen transporting certain kinds of stock or products, detachable sides and ends of less heights than that shown in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive may be employed, or the sides and ends may be constructed in upper and lower sections as illustrated in Fig. 7, where one of the lower side sections is shown consisting of terminal members 74-7 5 connected by the wire webbing 76, and upper terminal members 7 7 7 8 connected by a webbing member 7 9.

The projections 52 53 are required only upon the front or head end of the device, as the front end is not generally required to be' detached to insert or discharge the load.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In an apparatus of the class described, L bars adapted to be engaged around the corners of a wagon body, sides including end members engaging against the side Webs of said L bars, ends including end members engaging against the rearward webs of said L bars, and clamping devices operating through the L bars and through the end members of the sides and ends.

2. In an apparatus of the class described,

L bars adapted to be engaged around the corners of a wagon body, sides including end members engaging against the side webs of said L bars, ends including end members engaging against the rearward webs of the L bars, the end members of said ends having bayonet slots, and clamping devices operating through the slots of the L bars and through the end members of the sides and ends.

3. In a device of the class described, corner supporting members adapted to be attached to a wagon body, sides including end members engaging said corner members, ends including rigid end members and flexible longitudinal members, means for detachably coupling the end members of the sides to said corner supporting members, means for connecting one of the rigid end members to one of the corner members, and

means for detachably coupling the other rigid end member to one of the other corner members. i

4. In a device of the class described, corner supports adapted to be attached to a wagon body, sides including end members engaging said corner supports, ends including rigid en'd members and flexible longitudinal members, means for connecting the end members of said sides to said corner supports, means for rigidly connecting one of the end members of said ends to said corner supports, and means for detachably coupling the other end members of said ends to said corner supports. Y

5. A wagon body having headed studs, supports extending above the body and having apertures for engaging over the heads of said studs and reduced at their upper portions for receiving the shanks of the studs, sides and ends extending between said supports and above the body, and means for detachably connecting the sides and ends .to the supports.

6. In a device of the class described, supports adapted to be connected to a wagon body, one of said supports Vbeing provided with upwardly opening bayonet slots, ends including terminal members one of which is provided with downwardly opening bayonet slots, and clamp devices operating through said bayonet slots, whereby the ends are detachably coupled to the supports.

7. In an apparatus ofthe class described, supporting devices comprising L bars adapted to be detachably coupled to a wagon body, sides comprising end members and connecting wire screen material, said end members bearing against the inner faces of the L members, end closures comprising plates connected by wire screen material, means for connecting one of said plates and one of the end members of the sides to one of said supporting devices, hooks extending from the other plate and engaging another of the supporting devices, and means for detachably coupling the last mentioned plate and the adjacent end member of the other side to the adjacent supporting devices.

8. A Wagon body having upper and lower headed pins extending from its ends, supports having recesses in their lower ends and engaging over the lower pins and with apertures having reduced upper portions engaging over the Shanks of the upper pins, sides including terminal members engaging said supports, means for rigidly connecting one terminal of each of said ends t0 one of said supports, and means for coupling the other terminal of each of said end members to another of said supports.

9. ln an apparatus of the class described, L bars adapted to be detachably coupled around the Corners of a Wagon body, sides engaging at their ends against the side Webs of said l.. bars, ends engaging at their terminals against the rear Webs of said l. bars, means for rigidly connecting the terminals of one of said ends to one of said l.. bars,

and hooks extending from the other end terminal and bearing around another of said l.. bars.

l0. ln an apparatus of the class described, supporting devices comprising Lbars adapted to be detachably connected around the corners of a Wagon body, sides including end n members and connecting Wire screen niaterial and detachably coupled by their ends to the said supporting devices, end closures including end plates connected by Wire screen material, means for connecting one of said plates to one of said supporting devices, and means for detachably coupling the other of said plates to another of said supporting devices.

ln testimony whereof l aln; my signature in presence of tivo Witnesses.

Interiuer E. noKiNNis. [1.. s.;

Witnesses:

WVM. P. ALLEN, H. G. TAINMERNIK.

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